Smoking… F atal fires are caused by
smokers who fall asleep
• Never leave matches and
lighters where children can
• Smoke alarms should be installed in
rooms where smoking is allowed
smoke, use extreme caution.
• Have a working fire
A Fire and drop cigarettes into
bedding or furniture, or by
reach them. Teach your
children that playing with
and the battery tested
regularly.
extinguisher handy, and
know how to use it.
Hazard
the improper disposal of butts fire is dangerous. Keep it properly
and ashes. Fires caused by • If smoking sets off your The Garage maintained so that it
smokers kill and injure their smoke alarm, don’t remove the and will work in an
families, friends and battery. Open windows to clear Workshop emergency.
neighbours and result in millions of cigarette smoke.
• Garages and • If a fire starts
dollars in property damage. This
workshops and you can’t
heartbreak and destruction can be The Bedroom
contain highly put it out quickly, get
avoided by following these fire
• Never smoke in bed! It is too flammable out and stay out! Call for
safety guidelines:
easy to doze off – causing a serious materials such as help from a neighbour’s
fire hazard. The bedroom should be thinners, gas, paints phone.
The Living Room
off-limits to smoking except in and industrial
• Check furniture for fallen cigarettes special circumstances where extra cleaners. These
or embers before you leave the precautions are taken. chemicals should be
room. A cigarette butt can smoulder tightly covered and stored away from
• Smokers should be encouraged to
undetected for hours on carpets and heat or flames.
smoke only in certain designated
under cushions before causing
rooms such as the living room and • Paper products and wood shavings
furniture to burst into flames.
the kitchen. are also combustible. Keep your
• Use large, deep ashtrays. Safety work area clean. Don’t give fire a
• Elderly family members should be
ashtrays with a double rim and deep place to start.
supervised if they must smoke in
centre are best.
bed. Supervision is also important • Keep your work space well ventilated
• Never leave a lit cigarette unattended for smokers who are on medication to ensure that flammable gases can
in an ashtray. and who may become drowsy or vent to the outdoors.
• Never place an ashtray on forget to extinguish their • Store matches and lighters in a safe
or near something lit cigarettes. place, well away from children.
which will burn – such
as on the arm of a sofa, • Avoid smoking in areas which contain
chair or on newspapers. flammable products. If you must
NEW BRUNSWICK ASSOCIATION
Office of the Fire Marshal New Brunswick Association des OF FIRE PREVENTION OFFICERS INC.
Association of chefs pompiers du
Fire Chiefs Nouveau-Brunswick ASSOCIATION DES AGENTS DE PRÉVENTION
DES INCENDIES DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK INC. CNB 99467-11-NB